I was doing some clean-up in a wooded area of our cabin property and found a small patch of Fringed Polygala (Polygala paucifolia). This elusive native wildflower goes by the names Bird-on-the-Wing, Flowering Wintergreen, Fringed Milkwort, Gay Wings and Gaywings. This small, 1 to 1.5 inch, strangely shaped flower might fool someone into thinking this is a member of the orchid family, but is part of the Milkwort family.
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